It is possible, via Wicket, to gather a lot of information regarding the browser/system of your visitor. If you want this you can also turn on some extended information (like javascript is enabled) via the following code:

getRequestCycleSettings().setGatherExtendedBrowserInfo(true);

This method works via a redirect to the BrowserInfoPage and finally it goes to your ‘original’ page. Because of this it is possible that you see the BrowserInfoPage very shortly especially on slow computers/browsers or internet connections. But what if you don’t want this and only want to know whether Javascript is enabled? Please read on…